Welcome to GCP

Carol Sutton Lewis
Founder

Welcome to Ground Control Parenting, a resource for parents of Black and Brown children. Here you will find parenting tips to help develop smart, thoughtful, confident boys and girls. We are especially focused on issues of identity and education.

Ground Control Parenting offers practical information about and resources for what works. Want to know what can spark the love of learning for our boys and girls from birth? How to keep them engaged in school from nursery through high school? How to help them understand their history and be prepared for their future? How to help them feel good about themselves along the way? We’ve got answers. Scroll down to see our latest posts, and click on “POSTS” in the menu above to find many more.

Focus on Facebook = Poorer Grades?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:54-04:00October 22nd, 2011|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Entertainment|Tags: Call to Action|

A professor at a Pennsylvania university recently set out to [...]

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What We All Can Learn From Coaches

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:55-04:00October 18th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Sports|

I spent last Saturday with one of my sons at [...]

Words of Wisdom from a Montessori Mom

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:55-04:00October 4th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Guest Bloggers, Parents|Tags: Parenting Advice|

Back in August, GCP posted a piece called "Waiting For [...]

What Works: The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:55-04:00October 3rd, 2011|Categories: Academics, Parents, Resources|

Today's New York Times features an article, found here, on [...]

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What Do Your Children Know About Our Civil Rights History?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:55-04:00September 28th, 2011|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Parents, Saving Our Sons|Tags: Call to Action|

Today’s New York Times features an article, found here, which [...]

Are We Helping Our Children Learn to Handle Adversity?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:55:55-04:00September 18th, 2011|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Parents, Saving Our Sons|Tags: Call to Action|

Today's New York Times Magazine includes a very interesting article, [...]

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THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY: POETRY AND MORE

GCP offers poetry and words of inspiration in our Thoughtful Thursday posts. We focus on a theme for each Thursday and include works from poets of color across the generations. Share with your children and enjoy.